Donald Fehr says the players were going to think about what the league said Monday night. / Louis Lanzano, AP

by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

by Kevin Allen, USA TODAY Sports

Negotiators met for 90 minutes Monday night in New York and NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said owners are hoping to receive a full proposal from players that clarifies their overall position on all of the economic issues.

NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr said it was "more likely than not" that the two sides would meet on Tuesday. That, however, could stretch to Wednesday.

"We are going to think about what was said, and think about our next step," he told reporters after the meeting at the NHL headquarters.

The two major issues in the stalemated contract negotiations are the owners' demand that players' share of hockey-related revenue be reduced from 57% to 50% and the owners' proposal to make changes to qualification for unrestricted free agency and arbitration. Owners are also trying to put a five-year cap on individual contracts.

Fehr said owners didn't want to discuss the contracting issues in this meeting.

"We think it's all tied together, and we want to hear it all together," Daly said.

Daly confirmed that the players' last proposal, which emphasizes a players' guarantee of last season's $1.883 billion, is not acceptable to the owners. From the beginning, owners have sought a percentage link to revenue, as was the case in the last CBA.

Monday's session, attended by 18 players, was the first negotiating session in eight days. The players have been locked out since Sept. 16, and even if an agreement were reached this week, the regular season would be about 68 games instead of the usual 82.

It certainly appears that owners don't want to show any willingness to move on contract rights until players commit to accepting a 50-50 split, and players are fearful that if they move to 50-50, owners won't compromise on those contracting rights.

Said Daly: "We want to see where we are and how close we might be on economics before necessarily tackling where exactly we are on player contracts."